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what sandy does is make it immediate, specific, direct and targeted. so, i want to ask the congressman and you about the evidence shows you knew this was going to happen and so, therefore, what happens in 2100 is specific as well, but how do you move beyond the politics so that people pressure makes it more potential legislation? >> congressman, yeah, is there any hope of forward movement in, say, a house dominated by the republican party for political movement on this? >> look it, congress is a stimulus response institution. there's nothing more stimulating than watching night after night, day after day, millions of people paralyzed along the east coast. this is going to have the same impact that 9/11 had on how we protect ourselves here domestically. it will have the same impact that the bp oil spill had in ensuring that we don't ever again have the same lax safety standards and oil drilling off our coastline. this is a game changer. and i agree with what the gentleman said, because this is no longer just a hollywood blockbuster the day after tomorro
what sandy does is make it immediate, specific, direct and targeted. so, i want to ask the congressman and you about the evidence shows you knew this was going to happen and so, therefore, what happens in 2100 is specific as well, but how do you move beyond the politics so that people pressure makes it more potential legislation? >> congressman, yeah, is there any hope of forward movement in, say, a house dominated by the republican party for political movement on this? >> look it,...
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when something like sandy he happens, right? it's fascinating to think about it. you lose power. my parents lost powers for days, and you're like, oh, right. everything about my life literally every last detail is dependent on this massive invisible infrastructure. i never think about it that a whole bunch of people are running and litigating about and legislating and regulating and making a lot of money off this massive industry that is just like huge mountain. i sit at the very top of it, and i live my life. when it goes away, what's the deal. how does my utility company actually work, and why can't they get my parents' power restored in a week? one thing positive about the fracking boom is it produced this grassroots response in which people educate themselves about the chain of production of how does a molecule of carbon go from the ground to fire up your grid so you can turn your light on. >> sandy, too. one of the other things that became very visible with the mile after mile of these poles and wires that are down, it hit you in the face that is this bha we're running the g
when something like sandy he happens, right? it's fascinating to think about it. you lose power. my parents lost powers for days, and you're like, oh, right. everything about my life literally every last detail is dependent on this massive invisible infrastructure. i never think about it that a whole bunch of people are running and litigating about and legislating and regulating and making a lot of money off this massive industry that is just like huge mountain. i sit at the very top of it, and...
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many are preparing for hurricane sandy. eight states declared a state of emergency. a national hurricane center said it's expected to bring strong winds and a significant storm surge to the mid-atlantic states and southern new england. dylilylan drier has the latest. >> good morning. thanks. we are focusing on a category one her honor here. it is still moving to the northeast. it's going to take the turn to the northwest. right now, it's still almost 400 miles to the east of charleston, south carolina. it is still very far out to sea and moving to the northeast. it is an expansive storm. it's huge, stretching all the way through the eastern sea board, roughing up the surge. look at the heavy bands of rain moving into virginia beach, maryland, delaware and down into eastern north carolina. northeastern north carolina is going get stuck with several inches of rain. we still have this area of high pressure to the north and east. it's going to shoot the storm system back to the northwest making land fall somewhere in new jersey. now, the track has been changing a little
many are preparing for hurricane sandy. eight states declared a state of emergency. a national hurricane center said it's expected to bring strong winds and a significant storm surge to the mid-atlantic states and southern new england. dylilylan drier has the latest. >> good morning. thanks. we are focusing on a category one her honor here. it is still moving to the northeast. it's going to take the turn to the northwest. right now, it's still almost 400 miles to the east of charleston,...
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over 2 million people are without power this morning following hurricane sandy. a new jersey election officials announced voters displaced by the storm will be able to vote via e-mail or fax. right now, joining me today, josh barrel, columnist for view. joy reed, managing editor of our sister website, the grio.com. my boss where she is editor and publisher and rob herbert. it's great to have you all back at the table. well, in case you haven't noticed, we are two days away from the election. polls suggest the president is holding a small, but significant lead in key states. a poll has president obama up five points in that state and two new nbc news polls have the president leading by six points in ohio and two in florida. the polls in these key states relatively stable over the last few weeks. it seems there's little persuading left to do. both sides agree on what is going to decide the campaign. that's turnout. they touted his party's get out to vote. >> we are far ahead of where we were in 2008. we are going to be -- you know, our ground game is better than th
over 2 million people are without power this morning following hurricane sandy. a new jersey election officials announced voters displaced by the storm will be able to vote via e-mail or fax. right now, joining me today, josh barrel, columnist for view. joy reed, managing editor of our sister website, the grio.com. my boss where she is editor and publisher and rob herbert. it's great to have you all back at the table. well, in case you haven't noticed, we are two days away from the election....
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depressed about the climate's near total absence from the conversation. 19 days ago, the arrival of sandy and the death and destruction issue impossible to maintain. since then andrew cuomo has talked about climate change and so has president obama both when he was asked about it on his news conference and in his victory night victory speech. >> we want our children to live in america that isn't burdened by debt, that isn't weakened by inequality, that isn't threatened by the destructive power of the warming planet. >> what specifically do you plan to do in a second term to tackle the issue of climate change and do you think the political will exists in washington to pass legislation that could include some kind of attacks on carbon? >> i am a firm believer that climate change is real, that it is impacted by human behavior, and carbon emissions. and as a consequence i think we've got an obligation to future generations to do something about it. >> we must rethink and redesign for the long-term because extreme weather, as we have learned, is the new normal. >> and at this week's settlement
depressed about the climate's near total absence from the conversation. 19 days ago, the arrival of sandy and the death and destruction issue impossible to maintain. since then andrew cuomo has talked about climate change and so has president obama both when he was asked about it on his news conference and in his victory night victory speech. >> we want our children to live in america that isn't burdened by debt, that isn't weakened by inequality, that isn't threatened by the destructive...
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in new or len, for example, after katrina, just like after sandy up here in new jersey and new york, a city turned into the largest construction site in the world. right? an entire city. and what happened? workers who were sourced through temp agencies last year in our membership, their two-person household income was 7,500 a year. they are bargaining for higher wages and if they succeed, they will be earning 20 to $40 an hour in that industry. that will lift conditions. that will be the rising tide. >> but, look, unless that changes the share that has to come out of some other worker's pocket. that's where the union worker's wage came from, was from the minority. >> people -- minority made extraordinary less and that essentially -- >> let me say this. >> this is a -- in economics this is very old. in early stages whenever they would trade unions, there were people who said there's a fixed pot for a worker to get. those who make a union and get it will deprive others and radicals, of whom i'm a part, had to come in and say there's nothing fixed about what labor gets. and you need to
in new or len, for example, after katrina, just like after sandy up here in new jersey and new york, a city turned into the largest construction site in the world. right? an entire city. and what happened? workers who were sourced through temp agencies last year in our membership, their two-person household income was 7,500 a year. they are bargaining for higher wages and if they succeed, they will be earning 20 to $40 an hour in that industry. that will lift conditions. that will be the rising...
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jersey governor chris christie's administration has estimated the cost of the damage caused by hurricane sandy to the state will be nearly $30 billion. and protests continued in tahrir square this morning, granting himself sweeping new powers, we'll have more on continuing tensions in egypt tomorrow. right now, i'm joined by author of "life inc.," how we can take it back. author of "plutocrats," peter suterman, and co-owner of green light bookstore an independent bookstore in brooklyn. thanksgiving is a day set aside to celebrate family, community, your neighbors, a day to give thanksme thanks. only a few hours after this year came black friday. a different type of holiday. a time to celebrate american consumpti consumption. a time to elbow your neighbor in the eye socket for a steeply discounted flat screen tv. tens of millions shopped throughout america. but black friday has become more of a cultural symbol than an economic one. a beloved media story about the great lengths americans are willing to go to to get a deal. and there's no store that captures the essence of american consumerism in
jersey governor chris christie's administration has estimated the cost of the damage caused by hurricane sandy to the state will be nearly $30 billion. and protests continued in tahrir square this morning, granting himself sweeping new powers, we'll have more on continuing tensions in egypt tomorrow. right now, i'm joined by author of "life inc.," how we can take it back. author of "plutocrats," peter suterman, and co-owner of green light bookstore an independent bookstore...
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hurricane sandy has been downgraded to a tropical storm but is expected to strengthen into a hurricane by tomorrow night. the national weather service warns that widespread impacts are going to happen. right now i am joined by richard kim, my colleague at "the nation magazine." anna marie cox. the u.s. version of the guardian. george pack ner, staff writer for "the new yorker" and author of a fascinating story in next week's issue about a former lobbyist who has become disillusioned. a >>> we are ten days away from the presidential election. president obama seems to be steadily regaining a narrow lead, a lead he held over mitt romney before the presidential debates began earlier this month. the latest polling averages according to nate silver of "the new york times" give president obama 50.3 with mitt romney 48.6. president obama has a 74% chance of winning the election based on his strong performance in several swing states. the president is hoping to capitalize on the momentum to encourage voters to go to the polls as soon as possible by taking advantage of early voting. as of this m
hurricane sandy has been downgraded to a tropical storm but is expected to strengthen into a hurricane by tomorrow night. the national weather service warns that widespread impacts are going to happen. right now i am joined by richard kim, my colleague at "the nation magazine." anna marie cox. the u.s. version of the guardian. george pack ner, staff writer for "the new yorker" and author of a fascinating story in next week's issue about a former lobbyist who has become...
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when we think of education, there's a lovely 1967 movie with sandy dennis called "up the down staircase." a do gooder goes into the bronx to uplift the black and brown people for a better life. she runs through all the obstacles those move vis have to walk into. it looks like what the south side of chicago looks like today. the woman she's with says look around. our kids are here 18 hours a day. we have them for six. that's the ratio, 18 to 6. when we think of education, the folks expect these utterly super human efforts of the people contained in those rooms for six hours a day not realizing the array of forces pushing against in the other 18 hours. i think it's useful to think about poverty in the same way as well. you are accused of tonja being unrepresented because she's smart and funny and she's interesting and she's energetic and working hard and struggling with that experience. you'll be accused of you are selectively picking people and not showing what poverty looks like. >> right. >> this is what it looks like. this is what the large number of people are. the problem is, we hav
when we think of education, there's a lovely 1967 movie with sandy dennis called "up the down staircase." a do gooder goes into the bronx to uplift the black and brown people for a better life. she runs through all the obstacles those move vis have to walk into. it looks like what the south side of chicago looks like today. the woman she's with says look around. our kids are here 18 hours a day. we have them for six. that's the ratio, 18 to 6. when we think of education, the folks...
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. ♪ >>> there's a strong this week towards political action over gun safety over the shooting at sandy hook. senator feinstein says she will introduce a new bill to ban assault weapons and president obama proposed coming up with a set of concrete proposals and new york governor andrew cuomo said thursday he'll push for a new package of gun safety legislation including conmiss skags or mandatory sale of residents' guns to the state. that idea sounds impractical, consider that that was already done in australia. after a mass shooting in that country killed 35 people in 1996, australia's national firearms' act effectively banned assault weapons. the guns were banned and the buy-back program was kpucompuls. they decide after the law took effect the gun homicide rate in that country dropped by 42%. you should also know that 11 gun massacres occurred in the decade before awe stral yee national firearms act and there have been zero mass shootings since, according to the study published in 2009. of course, can that kind of proven policy response is not your thing, there's those like wayne la p
. ♪ >>> there's a strong this week towards political action over gun safety over the shooting at sandy hook. senator feinstein says she will introduce a new bill to ban assault weapons and president obama proposed coming up with a set of concrete proposals and new york governor andrew cuomo said thursday he'll push for a new package of gun safety legislation including conmiss skags or mandatory sale of residents' guns to the state. that idea sounds impractical, consider that that was...
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picture that is worked out with the american people, i'm inheriting a district hit hard by hurricane sandy. for me, everything changed on october 29th. this is where governorment compassion matters. fema matters to the people of the eighth congressional district. creating, providing humanitarian relief. largely driven by government at all levels and certainly the federal government has been important and will continue to be important. >> one of the issues we have seen before, this is a process issue. if you indulge me, the way the filibuster mutated over the years. there's a push for filibuster reform. basically, you get a one day window to do anything with the filibuster where the rules are passed for the new term of congress. there's been more rumblings about filibuster reform. i'm curious where you are on this issue. is it something you want to see prioritized and pushed for or something you can take relief? >> i'm not a leader like the senator of new mexico. senators that weren't so certain have watched what's happened and they see a dysfunctional senate where there's what, one filibus
picture that is worked out with the american people, i'm inheriting a district hit hard by hurricane sandy. for me, everything changed on october 29th. this is where governorment compassion matters. fema matters to the people of the eighth congressional district. creating, providing humanitarian relief. largely driven by government at all levels and certainly the federal government has been important and will continue to be important. >> one of the issues we have seen before, this is a...
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department and the connecticut state police from what we know and don't know about yesterday's shooting at sandy hook elementary school. we know that the gunman has been didn't fied as 20-year-old adam lanza who first killed his mother and went to a kindergarten class in the school where he worked killing 27 people. 20 children, six adults and himself. two handguns were found at the school as well as a semiautomatic rifle. law enforcement told officials that the gun was licensed to the gunman's mother. president obama will address the media in his weekly address. we'll have that later. but some hope that he might make an effort to tackle gun control for the first time. the shooting the deadliest in history as raised questions about the gun laws but also school security and preparation. we're going to msnbc's chris jansing who is outside of nowtown in connecticut this morning. chris, can you give us an idea of what we're learning, what new facts have we acquired? >> from the time, chris, went off the air last night, we saw a large exodus from the area around the school. we can stationed very near
department and the connecticut state police from what we know and don't know about yesterday's shooting at sandy hook elementary school. we know that the gunman has been didn't fied as 20-year-old adam lanza who first killed his mother and went to a kindergarten class in the school where he worked killing 27 people. 20 children, six adults and himself. two handguns were found at the school as well as a semiautomatic rifle. law enforcement told officials that the gun was licensed to the gunman's...
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system who somewhat miraculously got the system back up and running in astonishing short order after sandy flooded many of the subway's stations and tunnels. i am thankful for this job, which i love, and the opportunity to do this work. and i am inordinately grate to feel the crew here with "up with chris" as well as the staff. jonathan larson kim harvey todd cole sal genteel, allison koch tera metzer diane seamus matty fox, henry melche guthrie, and scott rocco, al of whom do imaginative, rigorous uncompromising journalism each and every week. and finally all of us that work on the show are extremely grateful that there are viewers out there like yourselves who watch the show and argue with it and send me e-mail and tweets both occasionally enraged. i'm genuinely thankful to live in this stranger ra in which technology puts us in close contact with our critics, their occasionally brutal criticism forces to constantly think hard what we're doing here on this show, and whether we are living up to the potential of this medium and the wonderful privilege of being able to talk to you every wee
system who somewhat miraculously got the system back up and running in astonishing short order after sandy flooded many of the subway's stations and tunnels. i am thankful for this job, which i love, and the opportunity to do this work. and i am inordinately grate to feel the crew here with "up with chris" as well as the staff. jonathan larson kim harvey todd cole sal genteel, allison koch tera metzer diane seamus matty fox, henry melche guthrie, and scott rocco, al of whom do...